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| 1"How terrible it will be for you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed yourself! And how terrible it will be for you, traitor, one whom people have not betrayed! When you have sunk so low in destroying others, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you." | 1Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. |
| 2"LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you; and be our strength every morning, our salvation in times of trouble. | 2O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. |
| 3At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee; at your silence, the nations scatter. | 3At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered, |
| 4Your plunder is gathered as when grasshoppers gather; just like locusts pounce, people have pounced on it. | 4and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, it is leapt upon. |
| 5"The LORD is exalted, for he lives on high; he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. | 5The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, |
| 6He will be a sure foundation for your times, abundance and salvation, wisdom and knowledge — the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure." | 6and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. |
| 7"Listen! Their brave men cry out in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. | 7Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. |
| 8The highways are deserted; travelers have quit the road. The enemy has broken treaties; he despises their witnesses, and respects no one. | 8The highways lie waste; the traveler ceases. Covenants are broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for man. |
| 9The land mourns and wastes away; Lebanon feels ashamed and withers. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves." | 9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. |
| 10"Now I'll rise up," the LORD has said, "now I'll exalt myself; now I'll be lifted up. | 10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted. |
| 11You conceive dried grass, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. | 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. |
| 12And the peoples will be burned as if to ashes; like cut thorn bushes, they will be set ablaze. | 12And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.” |
| 13"Those who are far away have heard what I've done; and those that are near have acknowledged my power. | 13Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might. |
| 14The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: "Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?" | 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?” |
| 15The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil— | 15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, |
| 16this is the one who will live on the heights; his refuge will be a mountain fortress. His food will be supplied, and his water will be guaranteed. | 16he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. |
| 17"Your eyes will see the king in his elegance, and will view a land that stretches afar. | 17Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar. |
| 18Your mind will ponder at that time of terror: 'Where is the king's accountant? Where is the one who weighed the revenue? Where is the officer who supervises the towers?' | 18Your heart will muse on the terror: “Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?” |
| 19No longer will you see those arrogant people, those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language you cannot understand. | 19You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand. |
| 20"Look at Zion, city of our festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed abode, an immovable tent; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor will any of its ropes be broken. | 20Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. |
| 21But there the LORD in majesty will be for us our source of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, where no stately ship can sail. | 21But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass. |
| 22For the LORD is our judge, and the LORD is our lawgiver; and the LORD is our king, and it is he who will save us. | 22For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us. |
| 23"Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot reliably hold the mast in its place, and the sail cannot spread out. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided — even the lame will carry off plunder. | 23Your cords hang loose; they cannot hold the mast firm in its place or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey. |
| 24And no one living there will say, 'I am ill.' The people living there will have their sins forgiven." | 24And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. |
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